Anna Melikian ( hy, Աննա Մելիքյան; russian: Анна Меликян; born February 8, 1976) is a Russian film and TV director/ producer whose work has been recognized with various awards at major international film festivals. After her participation at
Sundance Film Festival she was listed in the TOP 10 of most perspective film directors by ''
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Biography
Anna Melikian was born in
Baku,
Azerbaijan
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. She spent her childhood in
Yerevan
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, Armenia. At the age of 17 she moved to Moscow, Russia.
Melikian studied at the
All-Russian State University of Cinematography film school in
Moscow
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(classes of Prof.
Sergey Solovyov and Valery Rubinchik), where she was awarded the St. Anna prize for ''Poste restante'' (2000).
In the 1990s, she worked for a while on television as a director of several programs and as a writer of video commercials and TV projects.
After the graduation she was granted by ''GosKino''
Russia
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n organization, made various documental and TV films. In 2008 Melikian's ''
Mermaid
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'' (2007) was awarded by the
Berlin International Film Festival
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Prize.
Since 2005 all her films are shot under her private brand – the cinema company Magnum.
Awards
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Berlin International Film Festival
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, 2008,
FIPRESCI Prize for: ''Rusalka'' (2007)
*
Clermont-Ferrand
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International Short Film Festival, 2001, Special Jury Award for ''Poste restante'' (2000)
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Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival, 2008, Feature Film for ''Rusalka'' (2007)
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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2008, Independent Camera Award for ''Rusalka'' (2007)
*
Melbourne International Film Festival, 2001, City of Melbourne Award for Best Short Experimental ''Poste restante'' (2000)
* Sofia International Film Festival, 2008, Grand Prix for ''Rusalka'' (2007)
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Sundance Film Festival, 2008, Directing Award, World Cinema - Dramatic for ''Rusalka'' (2007)
*
Kinotavr
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, 2014, Directing Award, ''Star'' (2014)
*
The Golden Unicorn Awards, 2016, Best short film "8"
*The Golden Eagle Award, 2016, Best movie, ''About love'' (2015)
Filmography
Director
* ''
Fairy'' (Фея, Feya) 2020
*''Tenderness'' (Нежность) 2020
*''
The Three'' (Трое) 2020
* ''
About Love'' (Про любовь, Pro lyubov') 2015
* ''
Star'' (Звезда, Zvezda) 2014
* ''
Mermaid
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Mermaids are sometimes ass ...
'' (Русалка, Rusalka) 2007
* ''
Mars
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'' (Марс) 2004
* ''Poste restante'' (До Востребования) 2000
Producer
* ''
The Ghost'' (2008) (producer)
* ''
Bride at any Cost'' (2009) (producer)
* ''Semeyka Ady'' (2007) (co-producer)
Writer
* ''Mermaid'' 2007
* ''Mars'' 2004
References
External links
*
Anna Melikian's "Mermaid" Won A PrizeBiography in Russian
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Film people from Baku
Russian people of Armenian descent
Russian film directors
Russian women film directors
Women television directors
Living people
1976 births